Community and structural approaches to prevention

DrugInfo newsletter, volume 5, number 1, September 2006

"Community and structural approaches to drug prevention" doesn't readily roll off the tongue, but lots of people are doing it! Multi-level community interventions, policy changes, community development, community partnerships - these are some of the ways in which contributors have approached the topic to share their collective wisdom on alternative approaches to drug prevention.

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Contents

Alcohol and other drug-related harms within the RoadSafe Inner Melbourne Community
Sharon Wishart, Public Officer, RoadSafe Inner Melbourne CRSC

Preventing alcohol problems in a changing world: What does community action offer?
Guest editorial by Richard Midford, Associate Professor, National Drug Research Institute

Communities That Care
John W. Toumbourou, Centre for Adolescent Health, Melbourne

Community Alcohol Action Network: A structural intervention for a safer community
Bill Stronach, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Drug Foundation

Undoing drugs together—a community health prevention model
Ann Roddam, Acting Service Manager and CNC D&A, Shoalhaven Drug and Alcohol Service, Nowra, NSW

Undoing drugs together—a community health prevention model
Ann Roddam, Acting Service Manager and CNC D&A, Shoalhaven Drug and Alcohol Service, Nowra, NSW

Prevention research summaries: Community and structural approaches to prevention
Mr Bosco Rowland, Research Fellow, Centre for Youth Drug Studies, Australian Drug Foundation

Community development at Mary of the Cross Centre
Anne Marmion, Community Development Coordinator, Mary of the Cross Centre

School community partnerships
Judy Cain, Education Coordinator, Mary of the Cross Centre

Cigarettes, money, iPod—what would you choose?